HB 1755 Oklahoma House · 2025 Regular Session

Agriculture; pesticides; warning labels; effective date.

HB 1755 requires that any pesticide label approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) satisfies Oklahoma's state labeling requirements for health and safety warnings. This bill directly affects pesticide manufacturers and sellers in Oklahoma, removing the need for additional state-specific warning labels beyond federal EPA approval. The key provision preempts state-level labeling rules, ensuring federal compliance equals state compliance for warning labels. The bill takes effect on November 1, 2025.

Issues: ✗ Environment

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended by the Oversight Committee to restructure the document and clarify its purpose. The committee version removes the original text and replaces it with a cleaner format that emphasizes the core provision: EPA-approved pesticide labels are sufficient to meet Oklahoma's warning requirements under specific conditions. The substantive policy content remains largely the same, but the committee version organizes the text more clearly and adds a formal committee amendment header.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability. The committee version maintains the same legal effect regarding pesticide warning labels.

TECHNICAL

The document was restructured from the original introduction format to a proposed committee substitute format with clear headers and amendment tracking information.

REQUIREMENT

The committee version clarifies that EPA-approved labels satisfy Oklahoma warning requirements when the label is consistent with EPA's most recent human health assessment and carcinogenicity classification at the time of sale.

TIMELINE

The effective date of November 1, 2025 was retained in the committee version.

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Committee

Mar 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Policy recommendation to the Energy committee; Do Pass Agriculture

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to Agriculture

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors